supa-dapa-dan
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Re: Re: Re: City vs Rags..Wag wars
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City vs Rags..Wag wars
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Here is an excerpt from "Manchester: The Greatest City" by Gary James, who contributes on here and has written several other excellent books.WarrenBee said:Sorry to ask, but why do you call Manure Rags?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Manchester-Greatest-Complete-Official-Football/dp/1899538224
I've seen this excerpt floating around the Web (and on another thread on BM) so hope Gary doesn't mind the copy and paste.
It appears the name was given to them by their own fans.
During the 1930-31 season, United were in a wretched state. The club teetered on the brink of bankruptcy and were attracting crowds of less than 4,000 for some games - despite still being in Division 1.
Harry Hughes, a City fan working in Trafford, tells this story:
“I worked in Trafford then, and all the locals were United fans. I was working nights and when Saturday morning arrived a couple of them asked ‘are you going to see the Rags today?’ I didn’t know what that meant, and then they explained that United fans had started to call the team the ‘Rags’ because they were so poor and that their kit looked liked rags. So after that I knew who they meant, but when I mentioned the Rags, they’d go, ‘who the Hell are you talking about?’ They didn’t like the opposition saying it.”
The poor level of support continued throughout the 1930s. When war broke out in 1939 an immediate ban was placed on the assembly of large crowds. The joke doing the rounds in Manchester was that United would have nothing to worry about.
notts blue
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Riquelme's mrs takes some beating lads!<br /><br />-- Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:01 pm --<br /><br />Larissa riquelme
My work is done....ffs
My work is done....ffs
jimharri
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Hate to break it to you, but Riquelme doesn't play for either us or the vermin!notts blue said:Riquelme's mrs takes some beating lads!
-- Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:01 pm --
Larissa riquelme
My work is done....ffs
squirtyflower
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Well that was a let downjimharri said:Hate to break it to you, but Riquelme doesn't play for either us or the vermin!notts blue said:Riquelme's mrs takes some beating lads!
-- Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:01 pm --
Larissa riquelme
My work is done....ffs
Having saw your name in the thread I was at least expecting an hd clickable pic of the said wag
jimharri
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Google is indeed a wonderful tool (Oo-err missus!).squirtyflower said:Well that was a let downjimharri said:Hate to break it to you, but Riquelme doesn't play for either us or the vermin!notts blue said:Riquelme's mrs takes some beating lads!
-- Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:01 pm --
Larissa riquelme
My work is done....ffs
Having saw your name in the thread I was at least expecting an hd clickable pic of the said wag
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charliebigspuds
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jimharri said:Google is indeed a wonderful tool (Oo-err missus!).squirtyflower said:Well that was a let downjimharri said:Hate to break it to you, but Riquelme doesn't play for either us or the vermin!
Having saw your name in the thread I was at least expecting an hd clickable pic of the said wag
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.google.ie/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1946&bih=949&q=larissa+riquelme&gbv=2&oq=larissa+riquelme&aq=f&aqi=&aql=1&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=2401l16415l0l17089l16l16l0l7l0l0l1243l3887l0.1.1.5.0.1.0.1l9l0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.google.ie/search?tbm=isch&hl ... .1.0.1l9l0</a>
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some belters on there if you'd like to (ahem) broaden your search
gordondaviesmoustache
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I would say that Hargreaves is the winner with Nani a close second. Cleverley comes in third.
One or two including Carrick and Fletcher obviously committed before they hit the big time.
One or two including Carrick and Fletcher obviously committed before they hit the big time.
baldmosher
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I get your point but personally I prefer the ones who don't look like they're made of plastic... I don't think any amount of money would change that.
Joe seems to like the shorties. VERY shorties
Don't tell Nige that his wife looks scarily like him and shouldn't wear outfits that show off her camel toe, whatever you do! (Or is it his sister?)
Joe seems to like the shorties. VERY shorties
Don't tell Nige that his wife looks scarily like him and shouldn't wear outfits that show off her camel toe, whatever you do! (Or is it his sister?)
You need some NoScript in your life pal. Clean as a whistleMugatu said:Jesus, that website is the buggiest, slowest, most pop-up infested site I've ever been to. And I've been to ebaumsworld.